Is anybody else watching The Expanse?

careful saying that around the beltalowda

i chalk up the cringiness to belter culture tbh - i mean, tribal tatts? come on man

Just got to Amos's "I'm that guy" moment, incredible that it works instead of being a cheesy action movie line because of the work they've done on Amos's character and the look on the actor's face when Prax calls him his best friend.

My favorite group of characters (except for the Secretary-General/Errinwright who are too one-dimensional) since Deadwood.

That TY and that Guy Podcast is quite interesting. Th9ough I haven't got very far with it. Listened to episode 4 a few days ago.

Paul Krugman today in column about Dune & Foundation: "For example, quite a few experts on international relations who I know are fanatics about the TV version of “The Expanse.” I think it’s because good science fiction involves building imaginary worlds that are different from the world we know, but in interesting ways that relate to the attempt to understand why society is the way it is."

Indeed the final season:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb01ds-4IC4

The final series and the final book coming out at about the same time so I can really confuse continuities in my head.

Other than season 1 I haven't really been enthralled by this, having said that I somehow managed to watch it all so far so I will most likely be up for the finale.

(to clarify I wasn't enthralled much by season 1 either but for me it's the most interesting out of all of it)

We were looking for a new show a while ago, and like everyone, found the first 5-6 episodes compelling enough but kind of awful. The friend who recommended it said, "trust me, it gets better, it's the best sci-fi show in years, you'll love it," and so we kept on, mostly because we both think Amos is just unstoppably hot.

And then in 1.5 months, we finished all five seasons. Super excited for the next, though am admittedly sad about it being the finale.

amos is unimpeachable <3

hard agree, the best

with Bobbi a close second

Don't forget Drummer!

Amos
Drummer
Bobbi

Shout out to the Avasarala & Bobbi story in the The Expanse tie-in comic (the Corinna Bechko one)

For me its
Amos
Drummer
Avasarala
Bobbi

(I really love Shohreh Aghdashloo, I just think she's the best)

Her voice is great but her line reading is pretty stilted.

I think that's...part of her character? Sort of halting, calculating, imperious?

I mean, she's one of the greatest Iranian actresses of all time lol

she's in the not great new blade runner cartoon.

Yeah, she’s great, I lov3 her.

I’m still stuck on Ganymede trying to finish Season Two, but I think she’s great in that role. I could easily imagine a less skilled actress turning in a kind of soap opera level performance.

Having finished book 9, genuinely cannot imagine how they'll wrap up the TV series without doing the last 3 books.

The nature of the ring gate, uh glitch, that’s been alluded to in the show could be executed differently

Hopefully that was vague enough

Also re book 9, it's a shame we won't get to see the very final scene done on TV, I think it would be a crowd-pleaser with the audience here.

the coda? yeah, it made me smile

Season 6 drops on Friday

Can't fuckin wait.

yesssssssssss

Weekly instead of all at once. Damn it.

At least it's only six weeks (or less?). I hate watching weekly nowadays, and will usually wait until it's done - dunno if I have the discipline to do that for the final season tho

Interview here. Seems like final episode is a long one and there's 5 extra shorts viewable after each of the first 5 episodes

https://gizmodo.com/the-expanse-creators-explain-why-season-6-is-only-6-epi-1848173715

i like weekly! more time to anticipate and digest and speculate and gossip.

There was no short available to watch afterwards for me :(
This may just be a part of the general whiteness of Prime in Australia.

Wasn't on my TV either but can see it via mobile app and laptop

Ohh so the X-Ray is posted, but it might not be available on your TV (depending on the device you’re watching it on).

From what I can tell, your best bet for watching it is on the Prime Video app on your phone, FireTV, or your laptop. 🙂

— The Expanse Writers (@TheExpanseWR) December 10, 2021

Also, interesting that this episode (mild book spoiler:) featured the start of the Strange Dogs novella which lays the foundation for events that happen in the final three books and so you'd have thought outside the scope of the show

hey, I’ve got the same barstools in my dining room that the belter bar has

chrisjen lookin like leather tuscadero THANK YOU TV GODS

real talk i do not like the actor playing marcos’ kid aka little lord fuckboy

OIMA HERO

Very nice to hear the title sequence music again.

For veggrrrl

@keonmalexander and #jasaichaseowens regretting participating in “Take your kid to work day”! 😜 @ExpanseOnPrime #theExpanse pic.twitter.com/M7PqPV8dll

— Brian Hui (@BriBriGuy23) December 11, 2021

lmao

As a show skeptic (I'm a book stan), I really liked this episode! The Bobby and Chrissy scenes especially.

Well, Filip scenes aside, obviously.

Since I've never seen either of them in anything else, I don't know how much credit to give the two actors, but Marco and Filip really are two of the most enraging, I-want-these-people-to-die-as-painfully-as-possible characters on TV at the moment. It's pretty incredible that neither of them has had a single redeeming moment, ever. They're just horrible. It's a hell of a two-handed performance.

My least favourite characters in the books as well, Marco more than filip. the free navy went on far too long. Having now read book 9 I might do a reread of the series, and I'm more inclined to skip the Free Navy than Illas.

- subtitles now on all the time in this house
- MARCO MAN BUN ALERT
- avsarala in full “reboot” leathers and short slicked back hair freaked me out
- i love peaches
- i love peaches and amos
- that said i totally get naomi.
- i love how totally washed out and beat up the roci crew are after their firefight with the free navy. they all look tired as fuck.
- did not love amos’ cgi hull walk
- marco’s local bar has big airport mall / total recall energy
- marco’s accent has fallen off a cliff, particularly when he speaks to blonde logistics lady who seems to have only the slightest detectable belter twang
- drummer’s black kohl is off the chain
- ceres exteriors look amazing